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PART II: LOgIsTICs

LOGISTICS

There is also a need to increase the capacity of national actors
OVERVIEW
in terms of warehouse management skills.
Logistical challenges continue to arise,
particularly as the humanitarian operation • Increasing needs for logistics coordination and information,
expands to reach more people in need. New due to an unpredictable operational scenario and the
areas of humanitarian needs continue to emerge movement of IDPs to hard-to-reach locations throughout
across Iraq, generated predominantly by newly displaced several governorates with different structures and authorities.
people fleeing the conflict, newly accessible areas where • Potential restrictions on movement of humanitarian cargo
the Government forces have retaken control, and people and personnel in key operational areas, due to a volatile
returning back to their areas of origin. Many of the areas security situation and potentially damaged infrastructure
where humanitarian needs are most acute are also volatile. (especially bridges).
In addition, security-driven access constraints, compounded
by a low level of situational awareness and general logistics • Potential lack of transport capacity and/or increased
information, increase the logistical challenges faced by transport costs, caused by limited suppliers/transporters
humanitarian organizations in Iraq. and/or their unwillingness to access some operational areas
due to the presence of armed actors on key supply routes.
• Potential lack of airport capacity (i.e. Erbil airport) for
AFFECTED POPULATION additional incoming cargo flights, clearance and temporary
In all, 146 humanitarian organizations are responding to the storage.
needs of over 6 million people across all 18 Iraqi governorates. • Potential delays in customs clearance approvals, especially
The primary focus for the Logistics Cluster is to support for health-related items (e.g. controlled drugs).
operational humanitarian organizations.
• Potential delays at key entry points (Khalil-Ibrahim border,
Erbil airport, Baghdad airport) should there be a significant 31
HUMANITARIAN NEEDS increase of the amount of supplies being brought in country.
The major constraints on the ability of humanitarian It is also expected that there will continue to be constraints
organisations to respond to the needs of affected population surrounding the internal transit of goods, especially to/from
throughout Iraq are the lack of access due to insecurity, a KR-I, should the security situation deteriorate.
rapidly changing security situation, and organizations’ capacity • Coordination and circulation of logistics information.
to respond to the humanitarian needs for an increasing number
of people. Specifically, the following logistics gaps have been
identified:
• Limited storage capacity for prepositioning and contingency
stocks in rural areas close to the new emergency site locations.